The care of your jewelry
Jewelry plated in gold
Conservation
Gold-plated jewelry requires special care so that the plating lasts and does not disappear over time. These tips can help improve the quality and extend the life of your jewelry:
- Storage: Jewelry should be stored individually wrapped in tissue paper, in the box where it was delivered and inside the cloth bag. In this way, oxidation and friction with other parts that could dirty or scratch them are avoided. Rubber containers should never be used for storage as they will cause the jewelry to darken.
- Chemical products: It is important to avoid recurring contact with perfumes, creams or chemicals as much as possible.
- Humidity: Jewelry should never be stored in humid places. For example, the bathroom is not the right place to store jewelry.
- Temperature: It is necessary to avoid exposure to the sun and high temperatures constantly.
- Cleanliness and sports: It is essential to remove jewelry before playing sports or bathing. Sweat and water deeply damage the gold layers with which the jewelry was made.
Cleaning
If your jewelry has darkened or lost some of its initial shine, the ideal is to use a few drops of dish soap dissolved in a small container of warm water and rub gently, very subtly, with a toothbrush. Afterwards you have to rinse them and make sure they dry properly with a cloth.
Silver jewelry
The conservation and cleaning process is similar to that of gold-plated pieces. Silver jewelry can darken more easily, removing dirt with a cloth will restore the shine to the piece.
On Sophie's in Jupiter orders
Sophie's in Jupiter orders always include a box, tissue paper and a cloth bag to help you keep your pieces in optimal condition.
In orders where the pieces are made of silver, a wipe is additionally included so you can clean the silver.